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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Simplicity 
  Which 
  Characterizes 
  the 
  Entrance 
  Front 
  Is 
  Equally 
  

   Marked 
  on 
  the 
  Inner 
  Front 
  

  

  The 
  inner 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  designed 
  in 
  

   strict 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  entrance 
  front. 
  Once 
  

   more 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  long, 
  low 
  stretch 
  of 
  wall, 
  with 
  

   the 
  higher 
  building 
  at 
  the 
  further 
  end. 
  But 
  the 
  

   recessing 
  here 
  is 
  the 
  opposite 
  from 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  

   the 
  first 
  front. 
  That 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  now 
  

   slightly 
  projected, 
  while 
  the 
  ends 
  are 
  as 
  slightly 
  

   recessed. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  story 
  are 
  five 
  

   great 
  arched 
  windows 
  opening 
  onto 
  the 
  steps 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  terraced 
  lawn 
  is 
  reached, 
  each 
  shaded 
  

   by 
  a 
  green 
  and 
  white 
  awning, 
  which 
  adds 
  much 
  to 
  

   the 
  color 
  scheme 
  of 
  the 
  front. 
  Again 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  low 
  flat 
  roof, 
  relieved 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  chimneys, 
  

   of 
  brick, 
  painted 
  white. 
  The 
  central 
  window 
  of 
  

   the 
  second 
  story 
  has 
  a 
  segmental 
  arch 
  and 
  the 
  

   single 
  balcony 
  of 
  this 
  front. 
  

  

  The 
  hall 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  rectangular 
  room, 
  occupying 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  It 
  is 
  L 
  

   shaped 
  in 
  plan, 
  the 
  extension 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  stairs, 
  which 
  adjoin 
  the 
  entrance 
  front, 
  and 
  

   which 
  have 
  a 
  wrought 
  iron 
  railing. 
  It 
  is 
  paneled 
  

   throughout 
  in 
  cypress, 
  in 
  small 
  rectangular 
  panels, 
  

   interrupted 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  pilasters 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  great 
  

   doors 
  and 
  the 
  frames 
  of 
  the 
  windows 
  and 
  lesser 
  

   doorways. 
  The 
  floor 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  

   with 
  Oriental 
  rugs, 
  and 
  the 
  plain 
  ceiling 
  is 
  white 
  

   plaster 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  cornice, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  wainscot. 
  The 
  hooded 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  wood, 
  with 
  red 
  brick 
  facings. 
  

   The 
  furniture 
  includes 
  some 
  fine 
  carved 
  chairs, 
  

   while 
  others 
  have 
  brown 
  leather 
  coverings. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  door 
  opposite 
  the 
  entrance 
  door 
  ad- 
  

   mits 
  to 
  the 
  loggia 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

   It 
  is 
  completely 
  inclosed 
  within 
  the 
  house 
  lines, 
  

   being 
  lighted 
  by 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  round 
  arch 
  

   windows 
  of 
  which 
  mention 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Front 
  Is 
  Long 
  and 
  Low, 
  with 
  a 
  Modest 
  Portico 
  and 
  Severe 
  Treatment 
  of 
  the 
  Detail 
  

  

  